Underbelly
Underbelly is part of a body of inter-sensorial works for scent and sound by composer/trumpeter Steph Richards called SUPERSENSE. The music video is an animated surveillance fantasy that lives somewhere between John Carpenter's sci-fi thrillers and the Eames' Powers of Ten.
The manic energy of the track first brought to mind the wildness of dancing atoms. Starting with that kernel of an idea, animator/director Cossa built outwards to create a loose paranoid narrative around the song's groovy hurtling musical figures.
UNDERBELLY
Woody matter has another defense permeating the reconstituted Just a slight oxidation, an alcohol maybe an aldehyde here and there Pretty much every shape Why not? --Sean Raspet
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Featuring Steph Richards (trumpet, compositions) Jason Moran (piano) Stomu Takeishi (bass) Kenny Wollesen (drums). Sean Raspet (scent artist)
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"Underbelly" by Steph Richards
Director and Animator: Cossa From SUPERSENSE, Northern Spy Records Released Oct. 23 2020 Welcome to my Kitchen, ASCAP
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SUPERSENSE is an exploration of the emotional dialogue between sound and scent, which evokes sensations that linger in the wordless space of sonic vibration and chemical reaction.